York County man killed in apparent hit-and-run

A 50-year-old York County man was killed while cycling on Lakeside Drive on Thursday evening. Brian Leonard Utne of Scotch Tom Way died at Riverside Regional Hospital after he was hit by a pickup truck around 7:07 p.m., according to state police spokeswoman Michelle Anaya. Authorities are looking for a gray Ford truck with a model year between 1999–2001, Anaya said. Anyone with information is asked to contact state police at 757-424-6800 or question@vsp.virginia.gov.

Debbie Conlin: What a sad fact that someone is able to leave another human being down without helping. Prayers to the family and friends.

Celia Green: How can someone do that? I don’t understand how they could sleep at night.

People try to get handle on dealing with future high tides

Climate scientists say that in 50 years, regular daily tides will be as high as today’s king tides, so researchers and citizen-scientists are trying to conceptualize what that will look like.

Bradford Drummond: So let me get this correct. People have been living in Hampton since at least 1610. Maps show nearly the same coastline as today. In the last 400 years, the water level has been close to the same. All of the sudden, in the next 50 years it’s going to change?

Robert Kimball: In the '70s we were sure we would be the ones to save the planet. Who knew we would be the ones to ruin it? Sorry, grandchildren. It was beautiful once.

Jimmy John’s in Nebraska helps ailing veteran with timely ride

A Jimmy John's sandwich chain in Columbus, Neb., mistakenly received a call from Lisa Nagengast, a woman from Florida who needed to get her brother Greg Holeman, a military veteran, a ride to a Nebraska hospital because he was in extreme pain after back surgery. He couldn't afford a taxi and wasn't sure his veteran's insurance would cover the fee for ambulance. She thought she was dialing a social worker. But the people at Jimmy John's, including a military veteran himself, made sure he got that ride.

Chris Theodosiou: Good for them. Probably just picked up two lifetime customers.

Megyn Kelly hired a top Hollywood litigator, Bryan Freedman, amid her blackface controversy, signaling that the anchor is ready to put up an aggressive fight as she sorts out her likely exit plan with NBC. Freedman is set to meet with NBC executives to "determine next steps," insiders say. Kelly said she would dress up in blackface on Halloween, then apologized to her staff and on the air the next day, but the controversy ensues.

Carey Ann Williams: I don’t think she made a racist statement. She said when she was a kid, it was acceptable. Who knew we’d see the day that dressing as an Indian would be offensive?

April Campbell: Blackface was done as a caricature of black people. It influenced how audiences saw people of color at the time. whiteface hasn’t had an extremely detrimental effect on how the world sees white people.

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